the millennium
noun
: the beginning of the third period of a thousand years counted from the beginning of the Christian era : the year 2000
We had a party to celebrate the millennium.
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The 16 measles outbreaks documented in the U.S. in 2024 made last year one of the country’s worst for measles since the turn of the millennium.
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Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025
Despite his misgivings, though, Revelation appealed to those who condemned the Papacy and couldn’t wait for the millennium to begin.
—Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Some part of the city appeared on every episode, too, and as a result the show, particularly the early seasons, does double duty as a strange sort of oral history of New York City at the end of the millennium.
—Glynnis MacNicol, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2025
But at the turn of the millennium, chipmakers began to realize this increase could not continue.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
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Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025
Despite his misgivings, though, Revelation appealed to those who condemned the Papacy and couldn’t wait for the millennium to begin.
—Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Some part of the city appeared on every episode, too, and as a result the show, particularly the early seasons, does double duty as a strange sort of oral history of New York City at the end of the millennium.
—Glynnis MacNicol, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2025
But at the turn of the millennium, chipmakers began to realize this increase could not continue.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
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“The millennium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20millennium. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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